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BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that at least until recently some Voice of America (VOA) executives and managers, as well as members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), in addition to their official BBG email accounts…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, a U.S.-based international human rights group that opposes forced abortion and sexual slavery in China, has issued an open letter on the expected investigation by the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG)…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four members of the U.S. Congress who serve on committees in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives which oversee the operations of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA)…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Wei Jingsheng, an internationally known leader in the 1978 Chinese Democracy Wall Movement, former political prisoner in China for 18 years and winner of the 1994 Olof Palme Prize and the 1996 Sakharov Prize has called for…Read more

BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is widely opposed by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees, their union, the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…Read more

BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection of Voice of America news objectivity. U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) was late with the Boris Nemtsov murder story, offered little information, and failed to cover numerous U.S. reactions which Russia’s RT and Sputnik International are covering in great detail. Russian media…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English-language website of the Voice of America (VOA), a U.S. taxpayer-funded news organization charged by Congress with informing the world about international and American news and US policies, failed…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Dr. Paul Goble on his scholarly Window on Eurasia blog focusing on Russian media, “Lyudmila Alekseyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group and a longtime defender of the rights of her fellow citizens against…Read more

A former Radio Liberty investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko wrote in her blog that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn used research by the Kremlin’s controversial pollster to justify firing dozens of Radio Liberty journalists and silencing of their…Read more

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) has condemned the recent mass firing of Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) Moscow bureau journalists. The independent and nonpartisan NGO, which advocates for expanding free flow of information from the United States…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Reports in Russian media say that a letter of protest sent to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the U.S. Congress, which was signed by Russia’s most famous human rights leaders, condemns the management of Radio…Read more

This comment was sent to BBG Watch by a former Voice of America broadcaster and journalist. Also read: Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Most Misunderstood Agency “The best defense is a good offense” is an adage that has been…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Most Misunderstood Agency A condescending letter sent by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher implies that the Congressman failed to understand the BBG’s China strategy; Rohrabacher and…Read more

Supporter of Voice of America broadcasts to China Reggie Littlejohn is testifying at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China emergency hearing on “Recent Developments and History of the Chen Guangcheng Case.” Chen Guangcheng spoke during the hearing by phone. In a…Read more

U.S. Lawmaker Stands Up for Blind Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng by Wearing Sunglasses – Congressman Chris Smith with Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and Advisory Board member of the Committee for U.S.

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.